BOTANY 



FoNTlNALACEAE 



Fontinalis antipyretica, L. 



Cryphaeaceae 

 Cryphaea heteromalla, Hedvr. 



Neckbraceae 



Neckera complanata, HUbnm. 

 Homalia trichomanoides, Brid. 



Leucodontaceae 



Antitrichiacurtipendula, Brid. E. 

 Leucodon sciuroides, Schwgr. 

 Pterigonium gracile, Swartz. 

 Porotrichum alopecurum, Mitt. 



Leskeaceae 



Leskea polycarpa, Ehrh. E. 

 Anomodon viticulosus, H. & T. 

 Thuidiumabietinum, B. &S. W. 



— hystricosum. Mitt. W. 



— tamariscinum, B. & S. 



Hvpnaceae 



Climacium dendroides, W. & M. 

 Camptothecium sericeum, Kindb. 



— lutescens, B. & S. 



— nitens, Schreb. W. 

 Brachythecium glareosum, B. & S. 



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Hypnaceae (cont.) 



Brachythecium albicans, B. & S. 



— rutabulum, B. & S. 



— rivulare, B. & S. W, 



— velutinum, B. & S. 



— illecebrum, De Not. W, 



— purum, Dixon 

 Eurhynchium piliferum, B. & S. 



— praelongum, Hobk. 



— Swartzii, Hobk. W. 



— pumilum, Schp. E. 



— tenellum, Milde. E. 



— myosuroides, Schp. E. 



— myurum, Dixon 



— striatum, B. & S. 



— rusciforme, Milde. 



— murale, Milde. 



— confertum, Milde. 

 Plagiothecium denticulatum, 



B. & S. 



— sylvaticum, B. & S. W. 



— undulatum, B. & S. W. 



— ? latebricola, B. & S. E. 

 Amblystegium serpens, B. & S. 



— filicinum, De Not. 



— varium, Ldb. (radicale). W. 

 Hypnum riparium, L. 



— elodes. Spruce. W. 



— polygamum, Schp. W. 



var. stagnatum, Wils. 

 W. 



— stellatum, Schreb. 



Hypnaceae {cont.) 



Hypnum aduncum, Hedw. W. 

 var. Kneiffii, Schip. 



— Sendtneri 



var. hamatum, Lindb. 

 W. 



— fluitans, L. 



— exannulatum, Gumb. W. 



— uncinatum, Hedw. 



— revolvens 



var. Cossoni, Rem. W. 



— commutatum, Hedw. 



— falcatum, Brid. 



— cupressiforme, L. 



var. resupinatum, Schp. 



W. 

 var. filiforme, Brid. W. 

 var. ericetorum, B. & S. 

 var. elatum, B. & S. 



W. 



— moUuscum, Hedw. 



— palustre, Huds. 



— scorpioides, L. 



— stramineum, Dicks. E, 



— cordifolium, Hedw. 



— giganteum, Schp. W. 



— cuspidatum, L. 



— Schreberi, WiUd. 

 Hylocomium splendens, B. & S. 



— squarrosum, B. & S. 



— triquetrum, B. & S. 



— rugosum, De Not. W. 



HEPATICAE {Liverworts) 



If the county is one which is unfavourable for a varied moss flora, it is still more un- 

 favourable for the Hepaticae. We have very few of them, and these few for the most part 

 very common species ; even the usually abundant Diplophyllum albicans is not yet recorded, 

 but probably occurs in the county, since it is plentiful in some parts of Norfolk. 



The cause of this dearth of Hepaticae is not far to seek. There are no rocks, no swift 

 streams nor waterfalls, scarcely any springs, while the air is very dry, the county of Suffolk 

 having perhaps as little rainfall as any part of England. Besides the scanty supply of rain, the 

 heavy clay soil which covers more than two-thirds of the county, and the thin calcareous soil 

 which occurs in West Suffolk, are both very unfavourable to the production of a rich Hepatic 

 flora. The late Abbe Boulay, in speaking of the flat, dry, and highly-cultivated district of north- 

 eastern France, especially in Champagne, says that * one may go through many square kilo- 

 metres without meeting a single species of this class, except perhaps Riccia glauca in neglected 

 fields, or Radula complanata and Frullania dilatata on the trunks of trees,' and there are wide 

 areas in Suffolk of which the same remarks would hold good. It is only in the small and 

 diminishing area of the fen and bog-land, such as Tuddenham Fen and the bogs at Westleton 

 and Helton, that any wealth of species is to be found. It is probable, however, that the 

 Hepatic Flora is slightly richer than the subjoined list would indicate, since many of the 

 species recorded by the older botanists, to whom nearly all the records are due, embrace 

 several forms held to be specifically distinct at the present day. The list of Suffolk Hepaticae 

 published in the Journal of Botany for 1885 by the Rev. E. N. Bloomfield only enumerates 

 forty species, and of these the greater number only occur in very limited localities. Three 

 species have, however, since been added : Lunularia cruciata, which has been sent from Bungay 

 and Waldringfield — this is doubtless common, but has escaped record as being supposed a form 

 of Marchantia polymorpha ; Kant'ia Sprengelii, of which a specimen sent to him by Mr. Skepper 

 is figured by Pearson ; and Pellia endiviaefolia, ' Various parts 0"" Suffolk,' Hooker's British 

 y ungermanniae, 



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